Chris at Explananda has a good observation about the inherent contradiction of the Bush administration's simultaneous call for more democracy in the Middle East and its hostility to a free media in the region.
Welcome to Josh Landis (added to the blogroll), offering some outstanding expert analysis of Syrian politics. I particularly like his current post on stirrings of reform in Syria. To add to his point, Elaph reports today that 700 Syrian political personalities signed a petition calling for the government to release prisoners of opinion.
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